Ydun's Medium Wave Info
News from the long and medium wave bands
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Slovenia
Translated from German: Loss of Radio Capodistria 1170 kHz RTVSLO OZ reports on its website an outage of the Radio Capodistria’s medium wave transmitter on 1170 kHz has been broadcasting since this morning. The repair work is scheduled for Wednesday… -
United Kingdom
BBC Radio 4 Long Wave will close on the 27 June 2026. The closure will be at 01:00 BST (00:00 GMT) on Saturday 27 June. The RSGB and the BBC Amateur Radio Group are planning to mark this occasion on… -
United States
Horizon Broadcasting Group has launched News/Talk “News Radio KBNW” 1230 KSBN Spokane/107.1 KBNW-FM Deer Park WA. The new station is led by Washington State Association of Broadcasters President/CEO Keith Shipman, who owns a cluster of stations in Bend OR including… -
United States
1590 WHGT Maugansville MD (See: https://mediumwave.info/2026/05/11/united-states-926/) After reading your email Paul thought i would have a listen to1590 on my overnight recording, i’m glad i did , i get singing just before 04:00 but then I catch an id at 04:00:06.… -
United Kingdom
As reported on BBC Radio 4’s Six O’clock News this evening, BBC Radio 4 Long Wave will cease transmission at 1am on Saturday, June 27th. The announcement was made by transmitter provider Arqiva. Willie Bone (2026-05-11) -
Space Weather
SOLAR ACTIVITY ALERT: A sunspot with a history of CME production is turning toward Earth. Yesterday, the active region blew a massive hole in the sun’s atmosphere with debris that will barely miss our planet later this week. Now, we’re moving… -
United Kingdom
The BBC have today confirmed the date its Long Wave 198 kHz service will close is Saturday June 27th 2026. It is broadcast from sites at Droitwich, Burghead and Westerglen. “Radio 4’s Long Wave (LW) service will close on the… -
United Kingdom
BBC11 May 2026 Radio 4’s Long Wave (LW 198 kHz) service will close on the 27th June 2026. We will broadcast daily on-air reminders to help everyone switch to other ways of listening. Why the LW service is closing: The… -
United States
1590 WHGT Maugansville MD This station is a daytimer cutting power from 15kW to 58 Watts at sunset. I receive it here occasionally in Scotland in winter ahead of powerdown. However, on the last two mornings it has been coming…